diff --git a/app/jobs/field_slip_job.rb b/app/jobs/field_slip_job.rb
index e7342c841d..d06dd2d808 100644
--- a/app/jobs/field_slip_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/field_slip_job.rb
@@ -4,22 +4,22 @@ class FieldSlipJob < ApplicationJob
   queue_as :default
 
   def perform(tracker_id)
-    extra_log("Start")
     log("Starting FieldSlipJob.perform(#{tracker_id})")
     cleanup_old_pdfs(tracker_id)
     tracker = FieldSlipJobTracker.find(tracker_id)
+    tracker.append_note("Got tracker")
+    tracker.append_note(Dir.glob("public/field_slips/*").join("\n"))
     raise(:field_slip_job_no_tracker.t) unless tracker
 
-    extra_log("Processing")
     tracker.processing
     icon = "public/logo-120.png"
     view = FieldSlipView.new(tracker, icon)
     view.render
     view.save_as(tracker.filepath)
-    extra_log("Done")
+    tracker.append_note("Done")
+    tracker.append_note(Dir.glob("public/field_slips/*").join("\n"))
     tracker.done
     log("Done with FieldSlipJob.perform(#{tracker_id})")
-    extra_log("End")
     tracker.filepath
   end
 
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ def perform(tracker_id)
 
   MAX_JOB_AGE = 1.week
 
-  def extra_log(msg)
-    open("/tmp/extra_log", "a") do |f|
-      f.write("#{msg}\n")
-    end
-  end
-
   def cleanup_old_pdfs(tracker_id)
     FieldSlipJobTracker.where.not(id: tracker_id).find_each do |tracker|
       next unless tracker.updated_at < Time.zone.now - MAX_JOB_AGE
diff --git a/app/models/field_slip_job_tracker.rb b/app/models/field_slip_job_tracker.rb
index 0baed7ac4f..bf7b0efea2 100644
--- a/app/models/field_slip_job_tracker.rb
+++ b/app/models/field_slip_job_tracker.rb
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ def elapsed_time
     end
   end
 
+  def append_note(note)
+    self.notes = (self.notes || "") + note + "\n"
+    save
+  end
+
   private
 
   def code_num(num)
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240802010123_add_notes_to_field_slip_job_trackers.rb b/db/migrate/20240802010123_add_notes_to_field_slip_job_trackers.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e78adf0cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240802010123_add_notes_to_field_slip_job_trackers.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddNotesToFieldSlipJobTrackers < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.1]
+  def change
+    add_column :field_slip_job_trackers, :notes, :text
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 53a1d97ec7..879a141934 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_08_01_202223) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_08_02_010123) do
   create_table "api_keys", id: :integer, charset: "utf8mb3", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.datetime "created_at", precision: nil
     t.datetime "last_used", precision: nil
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
     t.integer "user_id"
     t.boolean "one_per_page", default: false, null: false
     t.integer "version", default: 1
+    t.text "notes"
   end
 
   create_table "field_slips", charset: "utf8mb4", collation: "utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci", force: :cascade do |t|